Downriver Foster Closet

11/01/2026

🎄❤️ 100 KIDS STILL NEED CHRISTMAS SPONSORS!❤️🎄

Christmas Cares is right around the corner, and we still have 100 children waiting to be sponsored for Christmas!🎁

We are also looking for amazing businesses, organizations, and community members to help us make this year's **Christmas Cares in Whoville** party magical for our foster care children and families!

🎅 WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

🎁 Sponsor a child for Christmas
🧦 Donate filled Christmas stockings
🍽️ Sponsor dinner for our families
🎄 Sponsor our kids-only Santa Shop
📸 Sponsor a photo booth
🎮 Sponsor our teen activity area
🛒 Donate grocery gift cards to help families with holiday meals

Whether you sponsor one child, donate an item, provide a service, or make a monetary contribution, EVERY little bit makes a difference!

For many of the children and families we serve, the holidays can be especially difficult. With the help of our community, we want to make sure they experience the joy, excitement, and magic of Christmas. ❤️

📱 SCAN THE QR CODE BELOW or CHECK THE COMMENTS FOR THE SPONSORSHIP LINK!

You can also message Downriver Foster Closet if you or your business would like to sponsor part of our event.

It takes a village to make Christmas magical, and we are so thankful for ours!💚❤️

10/31/2026

10/31/2026

🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM DOWNRIVER FOSTER CLOSET!🧡🖤

Wishing all of our amazing kiddos, foster families, kinship families, adoptive families, volunteers, and supporters a SAFE, FUN, and SPOOKTACULAR Halloween! 🍬🎃

Whether you're out trick-or-treating, attending Halloween parties, or enjoying a cozy night at home, we hope your day is filled with laughter, sweet treats, and wonderful memories! 🧡

A special thank you to our incredible community for helping us make this Halloween season extra special for the children and families we serve. From costumes we handed out all the way up to yesterday we had several kids come in for one, to candy to events we passed out for the community, and unforgettable experiences, YOU help us create the magic! ❤️

Remember, it's not always about the candy or costumes — it's about making memories, feeling included, and simply getting to be a kid! 👻 thats what every kid deserves

Stay safe, have fun, and don't eat all the candy in one night! 😂🍫

🎃 Happy Halloween from our village to yours! 🧡

10/30/2026

We have blankets for the animal shelter and travel size items for the vets...we also have homecoming dresses that we would love to go to another nonprofit group who can use them. Please message us if interested

Travel items gone...went to vets

Blankets gone....went to the animal shelter

Dresses Gone.... went to a foundation that helps youth get dresses for school dances who cant find them!

10/30/2026

💙 THANKFUL THURSDAY — SHOUTOUT TO OUR AMAZING LOCAL BUSINESSES!*🎃🎶

Our Halloween Music Bingo was such a success, and we couldn't have done it without the incredible businesses that stepped up to donate items for our raffle baskets!

These donations helped us put together amazing prizes, raise much-needed funds, and continue supporting children and families involved in foster care. ❤️

🎉 A HUGE THANK YOU TO:

🎁 Vinary Market
🎁 Triangle Pastry Store
🎁 Zap Zone
🎁 Main Event
🎁 Bubba's
🎁 Trentwood Blocks
🎁 Tony Cannoli
🎁 Jet's Pizza
🎁 A&W Lincoln Park
🎁 Thirst Parlor
🎁 Nail Coffin
🎁 Lincoln Park Fire Department

Every gift card, donated item, and contribution helped make our raffle baskets a success!

As a volunteer-run nonprofit, we rely on the generosity of our community to keep our doors open and continue providing clothing, essentials, and family outings at no cost.

When local businesses support local nonprofits, amazing things happen! 💙

We encourage everyone to show these businesses some love and support them the way they continue to support our community!

From all of us at Downriver Foster Closet, THANK YOU for being part of our village!** ❤️

10/30/2026

💙🎄 THANKFUL THURSDAY — HELP US MAKE CHRISTMAS MAGICAL!🎄💙

First, we want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has already stepped up to sponsor a child for Christmas! Your generosity means more than you will ever know. ❤️

But we still have 89 CHILDREN WAITING TO BE SPONSORED FOR CHRISTMAS! 🎁

We know families everywhere are struggling right now. Times are tough for so many of us. But imagine being a foster family during the holidays. Many already have children of their own, yet they open their doors and hearts to some of our most vulnerable youth, often with little notice.

These children didn't ask to be placed in foster care. They didn't ask to be born into the circumstances they're facing.

Regardless of what their home situation was, they've been removed from the only home, family, and life they've known. The holidays can be especially difficult when you're missing the people and traditions that are familiar to you.

That's why we want to wrap our arms around these children AND the families caring for them. We want them to know THEY HAVE A VILLAGE BEHIND THEM! 💙

We want foster families to feel supported so they can continue opening their homes, and we want every child to feel loved, valued, and remembered this Christmas.

🎅 HOW CAN YOU HELP?

🎁 Sponsor a child! Gather your family, coworkers, church group, friends, or business and make Christmas special for a foster youth.

🎄 Scan the QR code on our flyer or check the original sponsorship post linked in the comments to see which children still need sponsors.

❤️ Make a monetary donation! Can't sponsor an entire child? Every dollar helps! You can donate through our Venmo or website, and we'll use those funds to purchase gifts for children still waiting.

🙋‍♀️ Volunteer at our Christmas Cares Party! Help us create a magical evening filled with love, laughter, and memories.

We are determined that not ONE child on our sponsorship list will wake up on Christmas morning without gifts to open.

But we cannot do it alone.

Six years ago, we started building a village, and every year you remind us just how incredible that village is.

Let's come together once again and make sure all 89 children know they are loved, they matter, and they have a community standing behind them. ❤️

Because Christmas isn't just about the gifts. It's about reminding a child that even during some of the hardest moments of their life, they have not been forgotten.

💙 IT TAKES A VILLAGE — LET'S SHOW THESE KIDS THEIRS! 💙

10/29/2026

They extended the deal for the water park make sure to reserve your rooms cut off is now 11/12/26

🌊💙 KALAHARI FUNDRAISER — FAMILY GETAWAY! 💙🌊

We are so excited to partner with Kalahari Resorts for a fun family fundraiser benefiting Downriver Foster Closet!

📅 November 22–24, 2026
🏨 ONLY $149 per night!
⏰ Book by October 10, 2026 to receive the special rate!

The best part? A portion of every room booked through our fundraiser comes back to Downriver Foster Closet! Those funds help us continue providing our monthly outings and experiences for the children and families we serve.

🏊 Waterpark fun
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family getaway
💲 Special discounted room rate
💙 AND you're helping support local foster youth!

It's a WIN-WIN — enjoy an affordable family getaway while helping us continue creating fun experiences and memories for our kids!

Reservations must be made through our special fundraiser booking information to count toward DFC.

📞 Call 1-877-KALAHARI (525-2427) and ask for the **Downriver Foster Closet Room Block or click the link below:

https://book.passkey.com/event/51314143/owner/49785631/home?utm_campaign=301304303

Group Code: 34021

Please SHARE and invite your friends and family! The more rooms booked, the more this fundraiser helps our kids! 🌊💙

10/28/2026

🎄❤️💚 HELP US BRING WHOVILLE TO LIFE! 💚❤️🎄

Downriver Foster Closet is turning our annual Christmas Cares Party into a magical Christmas in Whoville, and we're looking for businesses, organizations, and community members to help make it happen!

On December 9, we'll welcome foster care children and families for an evening filled with Christmas magic, laughter, activities, and memories. ❤️

🎁 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

🎈 Welcome to Whoville: Balloon arches, colorful decorations, and entrance displays

🏠 Whoville Village: Oversized Christmas houses, trees, candy canes, and festive backdrops

🎄 Whoville Centerpieces: Whimsical trees, wrapped presents, or family board games

🍪 Who-Ville Treats: Christmas cookies, cupcakes, cocoa toppings, and holiday goodies

🎨 Grinch's Heart Factory: Crafts and supplies for children's activities

🎯 Whoville Games: Prizes, games, and activities for kids and teens

🎅 Santa's Who-Shop: Gifts children can select for their family members

Whether you sponsor an entire activity, donate decorations or supplies, or make a monetary contribution, every little bit helps us create something special for these children!

We would love to have local businesses sponsor and decorate their very own Whoville house to help us build an entire Christmas village!

💌 Interested in sponsoring? Message our page or email [email protected].

Let's show these children what happens when an entire community comes together!

IT TAKES A VILLAGE — EVEN IN WHOVILLE! ❤️💚

10/28/2026

💙 WISHLIST WEDNESDAY! 💙

Our shelves are getting low, and we could really use our village's help! ❤️

As the colder weather approaches, we want to make sure every child who walks through our doors has warm clothing, everyday essentials, and items that help them feel comfortable and confident.

🛍️ OUR CURRENT GREATEST NEEDS:

👕 **Winter Clothing**

- Boys & Girls: Sizes 2T–4T
- Girls: Sizes 14/16 and 18/20
- Warm, gently used clothing in great condition is always appreciated!

👶 Baby Essentials

- Diaper cream
- Baby body wash

🧴 Hair Care Products

- African American hair care products, including shampoos, conditioners, detanglers, moisturizers, and other textured-hair essentials.

🧳 Suitcases

- We are running low on suitcases for children entering or moving between foster homes. Every child deserves to carry their belongings with dignity, not in a trash bag.

At Downriver Foster Closet, everything we provide to children and families involved in foster care is completely FREE!

Whether you donate one item, organize a collection drive, or share this post, you're helping us make a difference.

📍 Donation Drop-Off:1753 Ford Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192

Thank you for helping us keep our shelves stocked and our village strong!💙

Thank you to Suzanne Mudge for donating items last week off our wishlist

10/27/2026

💙 IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OURS! 💙

From our amazing volunteers who represent us at community events and help share resources, to those who pack orders for caseworkers and families in need, to our generous donors who help make our large holiday events possible — we truly cannot thank you all enough!❤️

Every donation, every volunteer hour, and every act of kindness helps us continue showing up for children and families involved in foster care.

🎄 Want to help us make Christmas magical?

Our Christmas Cares Committee Meeting is TONIGHT at 7:30 PM via Zoom!

We would love to have more people join us as we plan one of our biggest events of the year!

📩 Interested in joining? Send us a message and we'll share the Zoom information!🙂

Thank you for continuing to help us **BUILD A VILLAGE!💙